Gaushalas play a vital role in safeguarding the cattle wealth of our country. It is primarily occupied with providing shelter to cows and caters mostly the needs of nonlactating, weak, unproductive and stray cattle. This paper describes cattle herd structure and herd dynamics from a data set of 40 gaushalas selected form Karnataka state based on certain criteria. | Cattle herd dynamics of Gaushalas (Cow-shelter) in Karnataka state